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beyond the June 30, 2011 expiration of 

the 2008 CGP. 

EPA was unaware of the present need 

to extend the expiration date of the 2008 

CGP when it first modified the 2008 

CGP’s expiration date in January 2010 

by one year to June 30, 2011. At that 

time, EPA was under the impression 

that June 30, 2011 provided sufficient 

time to finalize a new permit 

incorporating all of the new C&D rule 

requirements. However, with the 

setback of time related to the stay of the 

280 NTU limit, EPA needs additional 

time to complete the permit issuance 

process as explained above. EPA 

believes that the proposed extension to 

January 31, 2012 will provide the 

Agency with sufficient time to finalize 

the new CGP. 

EPA believes it is imperative that EPA 

has sufficient time to incorporate the 

C&D ELG into the new CGP and issue 

the new CGP prior to the existing 

permit’s expiration date. If EPA does not 

issue the new CGP before expiration of 

the existing permit, no new construction 

projects may be permitted under the 

CGP, leaving individual NPDES permits 

as the only available option for 

permitting new projects. The sole 

reliance on individual permits would 

mean that discharge authorizations 

would almost certainly be delayed due 

to the greater amount of time and 

Agency resources that are required for 

developing and issuing individual 

permits. In turn, construction projects 

that need to begin construction activity 

on or after midnight June 30, 2011 

would be delayed for an uncertain 

amount of time until EPA can review 

their individual permit application and 

issue the necessary permits. Rather than 

risk detrimental delays to new 

construction projects, with no clear 

benefit to our nation’s surface waters, 

EPA has decided that it is advisable to 

instead propose a modification to the 

2008 CGP to extend the expiration date 

until January 31, 2012. 

D. EPA’s Authority To Modify NPDES 

Permits 

EPA regulations establish when the 

permitting authority may make 

modifications to existing NPDES 

permits. In relevant part, EPA 

regulations state that ‘‘[w]hen the 

Director receives any information * * * 

he or she may determine whether or not 

one or more of the causes listed in 

paragraph (a) * * * of this section for 

modification * * * exist. If cause exists, 

the Director may modify * * * the 

permit accordingly, subject to the 

limitations of 40 CFR 124.5(c).’’ 40 CFR 

122.62. For purposes of this Federal 

Register notice, the relevant cause for 

modification is at 40 CFR 122.62(a)(2), 

which states that a permit may be 

modified when ‘‘[t]he Director has 

received new information’’ and that 

information was not available at the 

time of permit issuance * * * and 

would have justified the application of 

different permit conditions at the time 

of issuance.’’ Pursuant to EPA 

regulations, ‘‘[w]hen a permit is 

modified, only the conditions subject to 

the modification are reopened.’’ 40 CFR 

122.62. 

In the case of the 2008 CGP, a permit 

modification is justified based on the 

new information EPA received since it 

issued the 2008 CGP, and more 

specifically, since it modified the 2008 

CGP in January 2010, in terms of the 

delay to the permit process associated 

with the discovery of the numeric limit 

calculation error and resulting stay to 

the numeric turbidity limit. If this 

information was available at the time of 

issuance of the 2008 CGP, and more 

specifically, in January 2010 when EPA 

extended the expiration date to June 30, 

2011, it would have justified EPA 

establishing an expiration date for the 

2008 CGP that was later than June 30, 

2011. As a result, cause exists under 

EPA regulations to justify modification 

of the 2008 CGP to extend the expiration 

date of the permit from midnight June 

30, 2011 to midnight January 31, 2012. 

EPA notes that, by law, NPDES 

permits cannot be extended beyond 5 

years. 40 CFR 122.46. The proposed 

extension of the 2008 CGP complies 

with this restriction. The 2008 CGP was 

first issued on June 30, 2008. Assuming 

the extension of the 2008 CGP is 

finalized as proposed, the permit would 

still have been in effect for less than the 

5-year limit. 

Authority: Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 

et seq. 

Dated: April 12, 2011. 

H. Curtis Spalding, 

Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1. 

Dated: April 12, 2011. 

Carl-Axel P. Soderberg, 

Division Director, Caribbean Environmental 

Protection Division, EPA Region 2. 

Dated: April 12, 2011. 

Kevin Bricke, 

Acting Director, Division of Environmental 

Planning & Protection, EPA Region 2. 

Dated: April 12, 2011. 

Jon M. Capacasa, 

Director, Water Protection Division, EPA 

Region 3. 

Dated: April 12, 2011. 

Tinka G. Hyde, 

Director, Water Division, EPA Region 5. 

Dated: April 12, 2011. 

Miguel I. Flores, 

Director, Water Quality Protection Division, 

EPA Region 6. 

Dated: April 12, 2011. 

Jamie Green, 

Acting Director, Water, Wetlands and 

Pesticides Division, EPA Region 7. 

Dated: April 11, 2011. 

Stephen S. Tuber, 

Assistant Regional Administrator, EPA 

Region 8. 

Dated: April 11, 2011. 

Alexis Strauss, 

Director, Water Division, EPA Region 9. 

Dated: April 11, 2011 

Michael A. Bussell, 

Director, Office of Water and Watersheds, 

EPA Region 10. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Submission for OMB Review 

AGENCY: Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission. 

ACTION: Final Notice of Submission for 

OMB Review—Request for an Extension 

Without Change: State and Local 

Government Information Report (EEO– 

4). 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, the Equal 

Employment Opportunity Commission 

(EEOC or Commission) hereby gives 

notice that it has submitted to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) a 

request for an extension through 2014 of 

the existing collection requirements 

under 29 CFR part 1602, Recordkeeping 

and Reporting Requirements, under 

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requested an extension of an existing 

collection as listed below. 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be submitted on or before May 25, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: The Request for Clearance 

(SF83–I), supporting statement, and the 

other documents submitted to OMB for 

this review may be obtained from: 

Ronald Edwards, Director, Program 

Research and Surveys Division, 131 M 

Street NE., Washington, DC 20507. 

Comments on this final notice must be 

submitted to Chad A. Lallemand, Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW, Room 10235, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503 or electronically mailed to, 

Chad_A_Lallemand@omb.eop.gov. 

Copies of comments should be sent to 

Stephen Llewellyn, Executive Officer, 

Executive Secretariat, Equal 

Employment Opportunity Commission, 

131 M Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20507. As a convenience to 

commentors, the Executive Secretariat 

will accept comments totaling six or 

fewer pages by facsimile (‘‘FAX’’) 

machine. This limitation is necessary to 

assure access to the equipment. The 

telephone number of the fax receiver is 

(202) 663–4114. (This is not a toll-free 

number.) Receipt of FAX transmittals 

will not be acknowledged, except that 

the sender may request confirmation of 

receipt by calling the Executive 

Secretariat staff at (202) 663–4070 

(voice) or (202) 663–4074 (TTD). (These 

are not toll-free telephone numbers.) 

Instead of sending written comments to 

EEOC, you may submit comments and 

attachments electronically at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, which is the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the 

instructions online for submitting 

comments. All comments received 

through this portal will be posted 

without change, including any personal 

information you provide. Copies of 

comments submitted by the public to 

EEOC directly or through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal will be available for 

review, by advance appointment only, 

at the Commission’s library between the 

hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. EST or can 

be reviewed at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. To schedule an 

appointment to inspect the comments at 

EEOC’s library, contact the library staff 

at (202) 663–4630 (voice) or (202) 663– 

4641 (TTY). (These are not toll-free 

numbers.) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ronald Edwards, Director, Program 

Research and Surveys Division, 131 M 

Street, NE., Room 4SW30F, Washington, 

DC 20507; (202) 663–4958 (voice) or 

(202) 663–7063 (TTY). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice 

that EEOC would be submitting this 

request was published in the Federal 

Register on February 4, 2011 allowing 

for a 60-day public comment period. 

There were no comments received from 

the public. 

Overview of Information Collection 

Type of Review: Extension—No 

change. 

OMB Control NO.: 3046–0008. 

Collection Title: State and Local 

Government Information Report (EEO– 

4). 

Frequency of Report: Biennial. 

Type of Respondent: State and local 

government jurisdictions with 100 or 

more Employees. 

Description of Affected Public: State 

and local governments excluding 

elementary and secondary public school 

districts. 

Number of Responses: 13,456. 

Reporting Hours: 44,719. 

Cost to Respondents: $1,045,000. 

Number of Forms: 1. 

Form Number: EEOC Form 164. 

Federal Cost: $187,500. 

Abstract: Section 709(c) of Title VII of 

the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as 

amended, 42 U.S.C. 2000e–8(c), requires 

employers to make and keep records 

relevant to a determination of whether 

unlawful employment practices have 

been or are being committed, to preserve 

such records, and to produce reports as 

the Commission prescribes by 

regulation or order. Accordingly, the 

EEOC issued regulations, Title 29, 

Chapter XIV Subpart F, § 1602.30–37, 

prescribing the reporting requirements 

for state and local governments. State 

and local governments with 100 or more 

employees have been required to submit 

EEO–4 reports since 1973 (biennially in 

odd-numbered years since 1993). The 

individual reports are confidential. 

EEO–4 data are used by the EEOC to 

investigate charges of discrimination 

against state and local governments and 

to provide information on the 

employment status of minorities and 

women. The data are shared with 

several other federal agencies. Pursuant 

to Section 709(d) of Title VII of the Civil 

Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000e– 

8(d), as amended, EEO–4 data is shared 

with state and local Fair Employment 

Practices Agencies (FEPAs). Aggregated 

data are also used by researchers and 

the general public. 

Burden Statement: The estimated 

number of respondents included in the 

EEO–4 survey is 9,000 state and local 

governments. These 9,000 jurisdictions 

file about 13,456 reports due to the 

requirement for some to file separate 

reports by function. The form is 

estimated to impose 44,719 burden 

hours biennially. 

Dated: April 19, 2011. 

For the Commission. 

Jacqueline A. Berrien, 

Chair. 

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BILLING CODE 6570–01–P 

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Submission for OMB Review 

AGENCY: Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission. 

ACTION: Final Notice of Submission for 

OMB Review—Extension Without 

Change: Local Union Report (EEO–3). 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, the Equal 

Employment Opportunity Commission 

(EEOC or Commission) hereby gives 

notice that it has submitted to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) a 

request for an extension through 2014 of 

the existing collection requirements 

under 29 CFR 1602, Recordkeeping and 

Reporting Requirements, under Title 

VII. The Commission has requested an 

extension of an existing collection as 

listed below. 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be submitted on or before May 25, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: The Request for Clearance 

(SF83–I), supporting statement, and the 

other documents submitted to OMB for 

this review may be obtained from: 

Ronald Edwards, Director, Program 

Research and Surveys Division, 131 M 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20507. 

Comments on this final notice must be 

submitted to Chad A. Lallemand, Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Room 10235, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503 or electronically mailed to, 

Chad_A_Lallemand@omb.eop.gov. 

Copies of comments should be sent to 

Stephen Llewellyn, Executive Officer, 

Executive Secretariat, Equal 

Employment Opportunity Commission, 

131 M Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20507. As a convenience to 

commentors, the Executive Secretariat 

will accept comments totaling six or 

fewer pages by facsimile (‘‘FAX’’) 

machine. This limitation is necessary to 

assure access to the equipment. The 

telephone number of the fax receiver is 


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